STEVE Davis will throw caution to the wind in a bid to propel Crewe Alex into the play-offs.

After six games unbeaten the Railwaymen are just three points adrift of the top seven.

The manager says he will adopt an ultra-positive approach for the final 10 matches.

He will not settle for a draw at any stage – even when League Two leaders Swindon Town visit on Saturday (3pm).

Now he has urged Alex fans to back them all the way.

Davis said: “I’ve got to haven’t I? I have to go for it. It might be at the expense of losing a game but that is the chance you take. I’m prepared to take chances.

“The win at Gillingham has given us a good chance of making it. We are well and truly safe so there is nothing to lose.

“We are up there fighting. We can’t control other results, all we can do is try to win our games.

“The fans are going to be important to us.

“We have six home games left and I hope they will get behind us.

“They are brilliant away but at home they can be a bit apprehensive.

“We need them because they can make a real difference when you are trying to get that extra goal.

“We have done well at home of late and a big crowd behind us will play a part.”

Paolo Di Canio’s runaway Robins beat Crewe 3-0 on the opening day and have set the standard for most of the campaign.

But they have been beaten seven times on the road and Davis, who acknowledges the good job the Italian has done, wants three points.

He added: “They are favourites and we know the challenge that faces us but we are capable of beating them.

“We’ll attack them, we won’t be frightened. We have to have a go.

“(Di Canio) is a very passionate guy, you see a lot of clips of him waving his fists around and shouting and bawling.

“That’s the way he is, he’s a winner and that has rubbed off on the players. People like his passion and he seems a good guy.”

The manager, who revealed he will begin making contract offers to the players he wants to keep this week, expects to have midfielder Lee Bell back in his squad. In fact, Carl Martin (thigh) is the only doubt.

Club captain David Artell shares his boss’s optimism for the rest of the campaign.

He said: “Now we are right in the mix. I think there are two places in the play-offs to go for.

“Obviously we are within touching distance of Oxford and Crawley are on a bad run.

“The plan is when they slip up we take advantage.

“We’ll start with Swindon on Saturday and see where it takes us. They are not infallible by any stretch.